Getting promoted from within is often trickier than is readily apparent. Getting promoted from within during a turn-around is far trickier still. It’s important to strike the right balance between continuity and change. With that in mind, RIM’s new CEO, Thorsten Heins, needs to change his current thinking on that balance. Going to be continuity [...]
Merging Cultures Post-Acquisition at Fujitsu America
January 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
How Leaders’ Communication Styles Impact the Delivery of Results
January 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I recently asked acoustics expert David Greenberg what the greatest concert hall is. He quickly replied, “For what?” He went on to explain that different venues are better for certain types of performances. When you think about the best way to communicate with your team, ask yourself, “To do what?” Concert halls designed to accommodate [...]
Onboarding as an Individual Contributor
January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Both leaders and individual contributors build teams by inspiring and enabling others. Individual contributors need to rely even more heavily on influencing skills across the five building blocks of a high performing team:
Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson’s New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan
January 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Image via CrunchBase Sometimes new leaders can take their time onboarding into new positions. Sometimes new leaders start new jobs as if they’re jumping onboard moving trains and must accelerate just to land. But when a new leader jumps onboard a train that has already left the station, things are particularly tricky. This is what [...]